Many apocalypse truth seekers believe recent earthquakes could mark the beginning of the end.

According to Larson’s theory, the Bible says man will rule the earth for 6,000 years before facing God’s wrath.

By creating a timeline of the Bible – calculating Adam had been created in 3,983 BC – she believes 6,000 years will be up next year.

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“Could he return in 2017? I've never seen a more favourable time for that to happen”

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She believes 2017 is the most significant year to mark the end as it will be the 70th anniversary of the UN’s decision to establish Israel and 50 years after the unification of Jerusalem.

Larson added: “All these numbers have Biblical significance – 50 is the number of unification between Passover and Pentecost and 70 is the number of fulfilment according to the book of Daniel, Chapter 9.

“So 50 and 70 represent the beginning and the end.”

Robert Binnion who runs the “end of time prophecy website" Nice Timing has used different calculations from the Bible to reach his forecast of 2017.

According to his theory, the year 2017 becomes significant because all seven possibilities of a “Biblical generation” point to that year.

Using passages from Genesis, Psalms, Matthew and Deuteronomy, Binnion came to the conclusion that a generation could mean 120, 100 80, 70, 50, 40 or 38 years.

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When counting back from 2017 – according to Binnion – they all point to significant time in Judeo-Christian history.

He added: “Incredibly there is one year – 2017 – that calculates out to the same year using these seven time periods.”

These claims by Larson and Binnion have been met with some scepticism – with a number of people citing the book of Mark, which says no one will know when judgement day will come.

Michael Parker, who runs the blog Prophecies Of The End Times admitted most of the “prophecies” online were just speculation.

Speaking to the Daily Star Online, Parker said: "Many people on the internet have opinions and theories regarding the Lord's return, the wrath of God and the end of the age."

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Harold Camping predicted that devastating earthquakes would occur on May 21, 2011 but nothing happened. We are still here and any people celebrate with a party on this date.

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Harold Camping predicted that devastating earthquakes would occur on May 21, 2011 but nothing happened

However, when asked what he thought of the theories circulating about 2017, Parker was not entirely a sceptic.

He added: "2017 will be a year of great awakening and of great shaking.

“The time is soon coming – and appears to have already started – when the earth will start its belching forth of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, extreme weather conditions the like of which modern mankind has never seen before."

Parker also added that a number of Biblical prophecies are expected to be fulfilled in 2017.

He said: "Scripture tells us that when a nation involved and its leaders involved attempt to divide the land of Israel, God will come to that nation and divide the land as judgment for doing so.

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